We have done two Ruck workouts so I thought I should write a quick Backblast.  The first week we rucked 2.7 miles and this week we rucked 2.6 miles.  We have had a great time talking about rucking, events, war stories, as well as just general topics.  Next week we […]
All folks of Hickory, can you please start writing backblasts?  PLEASE?  Cropduster is still going strong – yes I read yours brother – but that’s about it.  Lenoir and Granite, keep it up.  I’m glad you folks still write them too.  Thanks! Here’s how this am went down for YHC. […]
Let’s just say that I had fun designing this workout!  Anyone who knows me, knows that my favorite exercise is Bear Crawls!  That being said, the question is how to get the PAX on board?  Still a work in progress.  I comed through music to find something different but also […]
5 HIMs braved the beat down YHC had planned for 300. Well, maybe some of it was planned. Here’s how it went down. After a few warmup exercises the PAX mosey to the long parking lot aisles. We did a burpee, 4 lunges, burpee, 4 lunges, burpee, 4 lunges…..until the […]
Pre-Run:  Herniator, Powder, Suppository, Bing, (maybe others) Pre-RAM Intel:  Cropduster ran the course ahead of time to “get his head right” Ruck:  Markup, Plank, Root, Bing,  (maybe others – they will post their own BB – or not?) Conditions:  Colder than I thought it was and windy.  oh yeah DARK. […]
THE ROCK Saturday 1/27/18 Q’s: Kleenex PAX: TurdHurder,Bogey,Chewy,Spooner Temp: 35 degrees On a fine, clear, blustery Saturday morning in front of the Old Rock School in beautiful Historic Downtowns Valdese, 4 Men got Better and realized their dreams of being Men of Valor, Courage, Wisdom, and Strength! The Community was […]
6 PAX got better at a sprint and merkin filled ER on Monday. If you quasi posted somewhere else around town for a run, well, you just did OK. Here’s how it played out.  Warm-O-Rama Alternating Toe Touches 15 IC Humpy’s 10 IC Quad Stretches 5 each leg IC The […]
2 Full BLIMPS by the mile – 10 Burpees to start, finish 25 reps per letter Lunges, Imperial Troopers, Merkins, Plankjacks, Squats At the top and bottom of each hill, exercise each letter all the way to back parking lot of YMCA. WOD- Jeremiah 17:7 “Blessed is the man who […]
I looked at the weather the night before Howitzer and thought the workout could be nasty.  The weather was calling for a 80% chance of rain and lightning.  When I woke up, it was clear and the temperature was in the 50s.  That is a nice change to the weather […]
I don’t know if I had cabin fever from the snow storm or what, but I was ready to workout with my fellow Hickory PAX this morning.  Considering how cold it has been this week, this morning’s 28 degrees was quite toasty. Here’s how it went down. Warm up (in […]
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